1995 CHEVROLET G20 Complaints

IN THIS ACCIDENT A CAR AND OUR VAN IMPACTED BOTH AT APP. 40MPH EACH HIT WITH FRONTAL IMPACT CAUSING EXT. DAMAGE TO OUR VAN AS WELL AS THE PASS. RESTRAINT NOT WORKING AND CAUSING INJURY. GM SENT "EXPERT" BUT TO NO AVAIL. REPAIR AS WELL AS WRECKER AND POLICE SAY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED EVEN IF A SMALL IMPACT OF THAT MAGNATUDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. MICHELLE AND PHILIP CAMP. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED TWO TIMES IN PANIC STOPS, BRAKES WILL RELEASE ON ROUGH ROADS, BRAKES HAVE FAILED IN REVERSE, DEALER HAS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER BUT THREE FAILURES HAVE OCCURED SINCE. BRAKES ARE GETTING WORSE WITH PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR IN PANIC STOPS AND RELEASING. HAD FAILURE IN MOUNTAINS THIS SUMMER IN REVERSE (PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AND BRAKES RELEASING). THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THESE BRAKES! *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL THIS IS DUE TO A FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD. *AK

#1-MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR DRIVERS SEAT BROKE . SEAT FALLS BACKWARDS!! (THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT YET REPORTED TO DEALER WHEN TYPING THIS LETTER) #2- ORIGINAL ENGINE (350 CID)- KNOCKED ON STARTUP- ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL LONG BLOCK SUPPLIED BY WARANTY CO.-- REPLACEMENT ENGINE STILL HAS VERY LOAD KNOCKING AT STARTUP.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO THE ABS CABLE BEING CHAFED, LEAVING ABS INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THIS IS ONLY A REPRESENTATIVE REPORT ON ONE GM VEHICLE IN AN EFFORT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH MANY GM VEHICLES IN THE LAST YEAR AND ONE-HALF. WE OPERATE ABOUT 12 GM VANS, PICKUPS, TAHOES, SUBURBANS AND MINI-VANS AND WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 8 FUEL PUMP FAILURES ON THEM, SOME WHILE STILL IN WARRANTY, AND SOME JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. WE ARE NOW STARTING ON THE "SECOND ROUND" OF REPLACING FUEL PUMPS ON SOME OF THE SAME VEHICLES WE REPLACED THEM ON SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IN THE 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1998 VEHICLES I MENTIONED, THE FUEL PUMPS FAIL WITH REGULARITY AND CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF ONE IS ON A CROWDED THOROFARE OR A RAILROAD CROSSING. WE DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM WITH OUR GASOLINE SUPPLIER (LION OIL CO.) AND THEY ASSURED US IT WAS NOT A FUEL PROBLEM. THE LOCAL DEALERS TRIED TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON OUR FUEL SUPPLY, BUT THE PROBLEM IS PREVALENT WITH GM DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WE WERE TOLD BY LION OIL. THE FUEL PUMPS ARE MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC MATERIALS AND PROBABLY COST THE DEALER ABOUT $50 BUT THEY CHARGE $427 FOR THEM TO A CUSTOMER. FOR GM OWNERS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING HAZARD AND UNFAIR FINANCIAL SITUATION TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AS THE FUEL PUMPS GO OUT WITH NO NOTICE AND THE VEHICLE COMES TO A HALT. THE TWO DEALERS I HAVE DEALT WITH WILL VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS IN FACT A PROBLEM WITH THE PUMPS, BUT THEY SAY THEIR HANDS ARE TIED UNTIL GM ISSUES A RECALL. HOW MANY DOLLARS MUST BE WASTED AND HOW MANY DRIVERS MUST BE ENDANGERED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS? AND WILL OWNERS LIKE MYSELF BE REIMBURSED FOR THE ERRORS OF GM'S WAYS? THANK YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

RAKES FAILED TO WORK IN EMERGENCY STUATION. ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE RAN OVER A BUMP PEDAL WOULD RISE UP AND WOULD BE HARD TO APPLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. CAN NHTSA HELP INTHOIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES CONSUMER CAN HEAR THE SYSTEM ENGAGING, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED WHICH HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE STARTING, REPLACED BATTERY, STARTER AND ALTERNATOR WIRING TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS. MJS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. WHEN IT FINALLY ENGAGED, A THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK